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3.00 Credits
Patricia Kathleen Tull Through visits to archaeological sites, museums, and holy places in Israel and Jordan, and visits with a variety of people living in the land today, students will learn about the complex history of the region: the growth of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam side by side, and the impact of religious groups upon the culture. We will contemplate not only the past but the interreligious and intercultural situation today, the sources of conflict, and the strategies by which a wide variety of people seek to live day by day. Each student will read selections from a bibliography, participate in a week-long seminar prior to the trip, and after returning home will write a reflective paper.
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3.00 Credits
Johanna W.H. Bos; Patricia Kathleen Tull The purpose of this course is to improve the use of exegesis for the preparation of sermons. Reading material, lectures, and discussions are intended to increase students' exegetical skills as they learn how to exegete a variety of different texts for preaching. Prerequisites: Scripture I, The Elements of Biblical Hebrew, Introduction to Old Testament Exegesis, Basic Preaching.
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3.00 Credits
Patricia Kathleen Tull This course is designed to consider Christian biblical interpretation in view of the Jewish Holocaust during World War II. Students will consider carefully the event itself as well as the long-standing anti-Jewish traditions that have flourished in Christian theology, preaching, and popular conceptualization. Insofar as many of these traditions arose out of misinformation, the course will provide information about Judaism itself. These reflections will provide the focus for an examination of anti- Judaism in biblical interpretations and will seek alternative understandings.
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3.00 Credits
Johanna W.H. Bos A course with a focus on the period of 600-400 B.C.E., the time of the Babylonian exile, its aftermath, and the restoration in Judah. We will consider the period in light of its significance for the formation of the Hebrew Bible and for the role of Scripture in shaping and maintaining the identity of the ancient covenant community. Textual material from this period, as Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Second and Third Isaiah, Haggai and Zechariah, Ezra and Nehemiah, gives testimony to contradictory viewpoints on the community's self-understanding. We will review the major events of the period and aim to understand their importance for the ongoing life of the ancient covenant community that began in Israel and Judah; we will view these events in light of their importance for the formation of the Bible and for the place of the sacred text in the life of the faith community; we will take under review material from the Torah and the historical books of the Bible in light of exile and restoration; we will consider the question of the ancient community's sense of itself in light of contradictory testimony as to the essence of its identity; we will apply our insights to a contemporary setting and to current understandings and applications of the biblical text.
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3.00 Credits
Bos, Johanna W. H.; Patricia Kathleen Tull Research on some problems in the Old Testament, the Apocrypha, the Pseudepigrapha, the Dead Sea Scrolls, or other Near Eastern literature will be determined in consultation with the professor. This course can include aspects of Israel's history, literature, theology, study of the Aramaic in Ezra and Daniel, or advanced work in learning how to use the Hebrew Bible with facility. Prerequisites: Scripture I and II, Introduction to Old Testament Exegesis.
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3.00 Credits
Elizabeth Johnson Walker; Loren L. Townsend This course introduces pastoral counseling students to various theological methods that are useful in the integrative discipline of pastoral counseling. Students will explore the historical and theological foundations for the ministry of pastoral counseling, its grounding in congregational and specialized ministry, and its critical relationship to behavioral and other sciences. The course will frame the approach to methodological issues historically, allowing students to locate various methods in relation to the long history of this discipline including the current ferment in contemporary national and intercultural contexts. Methods for critical reflection and decision-making ministry will be presented and implemented through case studies and thoughtful examination of problems and procedures in counseling. MFT students will typically register for this course during their second year of study. Concurrent enrollment in Practicum is encouraged. This course does not fulfill the pastoral care requirement for the Master of Divinity degree program.
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3.00 Credits
Wayne Clark This course is an introduction to group counseling and therapy for those preparing for the practice of marriage and family therapy and for those preparing for leadership in congregations. Theories and literature from the group psychotherapy modality, from the field of systemic marriage and family therapy, and from practical theology will be interrelated. Systemic methods of understanding and treating human problems in group settings, specific concepts and techniques of group psychotherapy, psycho-education, and family systems theories and approaches will be presented. Attention will be given to theological reflection and individual subsystems and how they operate in small group dynamics. This course fulfills the Pastoral Care requirement for the Master of Divinity degree program.
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3.00 Credits
This course acquaints participants with the current views in the theory and treatment of domestic violence, sexual abuse, drug and alcohol abuse from a family systems perspective. Faculty leadership is drawn from specialists in the community who work with problem- determined systems surrounding these problems. The aim is to arrive at a systematic perspective for the pastor/counselor who can make use of the knowledge available from various sources and models for treatment. The second goal is to develop a basic theological stance relevant to an understanding of abusive family systems. This course fulfills the pastoral care requirement for the Master of Divinity degree program.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide theological and clinical foundations for the assessment and treatment of chemical dependency. It will explore chemical dependency in historical perspective, examine various assessment tools, describe the major treatment approaches and investigate the major issues in modern chemical dependency care. Readings, lectures and practical applications will be framed within a family systems context and grounded within reflective theological understanding of the human condition. Students will have the opportunity to experience a variety of assessment and intervention methods and begin the process of formulating a theological and personally integrated model of chemical dependency treatment. This course fulfills the Pastoral Care requirement for the Master of Divinity degree program.
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3.00 Credits
Loren L. Townsend A study of empirical research methods and their application of the practice of marriage and family therapy. The course will acquaint students with statistics, data analysis techniques, and foundational issues in quantitative and qualitative research design. Attention will be given to various theological and scientific epistemologies encountered by pastors who become marriage and family therapists. This course does not fulfill the pastoral care requirement for the Master of Divinity degree program.
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